Calm returns to the countryside of al-Suwaidaa and its desert with anticipation for revealing the fate of abductees of al-Suwaidaa countryside 8 days after the deadliest and most violent attack

02/08/2018

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Al-Suwaidaa Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: calm has returned to the countryside al-Suwaidaa province, after a series of artillery, rocket, and air attacks by the regime forces and warplanes on areas controlled by and areas of presence of the “Islamic State” organization in the eastern and northeastern desert of al-Suwaidaa, the and Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a cautious calm along with anticipation of the fate of the abductees, where yesterday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received information that the regime forces had opened the road in front of the remaining members of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid, their families, and civilians to exit Yarmouk Valley towards the east of Yarmouk Basin, and transferring them to an unknown destination believed to be the Syrian Desert, after the regime forces have been able to control the entire villages and towns of Yarmouk Basin in the past 48 hours and restore Daraa Province completely except for a gathering in Yarmouk Valley, where SOHR received information during the past few hours about ending its presence after reaching a consensus about Yarmouk Basin, where the ambiguity is still surround how members of Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid and civilians will get out of Yarmouk Valley area, and whether they are will get out in exchange for releasing abductees of al-Suwaidaa countryside.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published last night that explosions rocked areas in the north-eastern sector of the countryside of Al-Suwaidaa province, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored renewed shelling targeting the controlled areas of the “Islamic State” organization, where the regime forces targeted by artillery and rocket shells, areas in Om Rawaq, Tell Elhisn, Tarba and other places near them, after targeting that hit areas near the wells of Al-Diyathiyah and other places in both eastern and north-eastern deserts of Al-Suwaidaa, while this shelling is coincided with the continued failure of releasing the abductees from Al-Suwaidaa countryside, who were kidnapped 8 days ago without being able to reach an agreement about them.

And the Syrian Observatory published yesterday morning that 3 of the gunmen villagers loyal to the regime died affected by injuries they had during the bloody Wednesday attacks carried out by the “Islamic State” organization on al-Suwaidaa city and its eastern and northeastern countryside, raising to 258, the number of people who were killed as a result of the attacks by the “Islamic State” organization on Al-Suwaidaa city and its eastern and north-eastern countryside on Wednesday, they are 142 citizens including 38 women and children, and 116 gunmen most of them are of the people of the countryside of Al-Suwaidaa province, who took up arms to rebel the violent and surprising attack of the organization, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also monitored that the number of casualties in the ranks of the “Islamic State” organization who were killed in this violent attack on Al-Suwaidaa countryside and Al-Suwaidaa city, reached 63 members including 7 suicide bombers who blew themselves up in the city and in its countryside, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also monitored that Pro-regime gunmen have hanged up a member of the organization, local sources said that he was detained during the arrival of his body in a hospital in Al-Suwaidaa city, where he was executed and his body was hanged up in the city, amid a crowd of tens of citizens in the area.